Global Patent Index - EP 3283729 A4

EP 3283729 A4 20181212 - THIN BED TUNING FREQUENCY AND THICKNESS ESTIMATION

Title (en)

THIN BED TUNING FREQUENCY AND THICKNESS ESTIMATION

Title (de)

DÜNNBETTABSTIMMFREQUENZ- UND -DICKENBESTIMMUNG

Title (fr)

ESTIMATION DE FRÉQUENCE DE SYNTONISATION ET D'ÉPAISSEUR DE LIT MINCE

Publication

EP 3283729 A4 20181212 (EN)

Application

EP 16780684 A 20160413

Priority

  • US 201562148819 P 20150417
  • US 2016027381 W 20160413

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016168373A1] A method, apparatus, and program product analyze time-series data such as seismic data collected from a subsurface formation by splitting a time-series data set such as an individual seismic trace into a plurality of spectral components, each having an associated frequency, determining an instantaneous frequency for each spectral component, determining a frequency difference for each spectral component based at least in part on the associated and instantaneous frequencies therefor, and determining a tuning parameter based at least in part on the determined frequency difference of each spectral component. Doing so enables, for example, thin-bed structures in the subsurface formation to be identified, and in some instances, thicknesses of such structures to be determined.

IPC 8 full level

E21B 47/00 (2012.01); G01V 1/40 (2006.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01V 1/30 (2013.01 - US); G01V 1/301 (2013.01 - EP US); G01V 1/307 (2013.01 - US); G01V 1/325 (2013.01 - EP US); G01V 2210/1423 (2013.01 - EP); G01V 2210/1425 (2013.01 - EP); G01V 2210/1427 (2013.01 - EP); G01V 2210/1429 (2013.01 - EP); G01V 2210/21 (2013.01 - EP US); G01V 2210/23 (2013.01 - EP); G01V 2210/43 (2013.01 - EP US); G01V 2210/63 (2013.01 - US); G01V 2210/64 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

  • [YA] CN 101545983 A 20090930 - CNPC NORTHEAST INST OF GEOLOGY
  • [YA] MARFURT K J ET AL: "NARROW-BAND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS AND THIN-BED TUNING", GEOPHYSICS, SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS, US, vol. 66, no. 4, 1 July 2001 (2001-07-01), pages 1274 - 1283, XP001127728, ISSN: 0016-8033, DOI: 10.1190/1.1487075
  • [A] DEEMER S ET AL: "Post-rift flood-basalt-like volcanism on the Newfoundland Basin nonvolcanic margin: The U event mapped with spectral decomposition", TECTONOPHYSICS, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 494, no. 1-2, 29 October 2010 (2010-10-29), pages 1 - 16, XP027425217, ISSN: 0040-1951, [retrieved on 20101018], DOI: 10.1016/J.TECTO.2010.07.019
  • [A] SUN LUPING ET AL: "Relative peak frequency increment method for quantitative thin-layer thickness estimation", JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCE, CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES, HEIDELBERG, vol. 24, no. 6, 12 December 2013 (2013-12-12), pages 1068 - 1078, XP035363927, ISSN: 1674-487X, [retrieved on 20131212], DOI: 10.1007/S12583-013-0387-1
  • [A] CHOPRA S ET AL: "Emerging and future trends in seismic attributes", THE LEADING EDGE, SOCIETY OF EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS, US, vol. 27, no. 3, 1 March 2008 (2008-03-01), pages 298 - 300,302, XP001510873, ISSN: 1070-485X, DOI: 10.1190/1.2896620
  • [A] TRACY J. STARK: "Instantaneous frequency spectra", THE LEADING EDGE, vol. 34, no. 1, 1 January 2015 (2015-01-01), US, pages 72 - 78, XP055520641, ISSN: 1070-485X, DOI: 10.1190/tle34010072.1
  • See references of WO 2016168373A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2016168373 A1 20161020; EP 3283729 A1 20180221; EP 3283729 A4 20181212; EP 3283729 B1 20200610; US 10795040 B2 20201006; US 2018088249 A1 20180329

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2016027381 W 20160413; EP 16780684 A 20160413; US 201615566217 A 20160413